AIK Stockholm fans took their ‘twelfth man’ role to the extreme this week when they travelled to the hotel of their club’s Europa League opponents, CSKA Moscow, and set off fireworks in the middle of the night.

AIK Stockholm fans will go to any lengths to help their side (Picture: Youtube)

The Scandanavians turned up at CSKA’s hotel armed with flares, fireworks, whistles and horns in the early hours of Thursday morning as they set about disrupting the players’ sleep patterns.They managed to continue their barrage of noise for around a minute and a half before police moved them on.CSKA midfielder and Sweden international, Pontus Wernbloom, admitted: ‘Yes, of course we woke up because of the noise. But there was no danger to our lives.’

But it clearly didn’t do the Russian side too much damage as they ran out 1-0 winners, with an all-important away goal to take into the return leg, while Stockholm may be fined for their fans’ behaviour after Uefa look into the incident.Maybe they should have enlisted the help of Mario Balotelli to set up an indoor fireworks display. There’s always next time…Video:Watch the mischievous prank here